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Can you relate? We know that she gives Elijah her last bit of bread and
God commands a blessing that brings the widow an abundant supply.
There are a couple things concerning change in the story that can
help us out. One, if God says to go to the brook it doesn’t mean
you were called there for the rest of your life. It’s important to
recognize when a season is over. The brook might have been
a beautiful place at one time, but if it’s dried up, it may be
time to move on. If Elijah wouldn’t have moved on he would
have missed the opportunity to bless the widow. Now, the
widow needed to recognize her appointed time.
When Elijah arrived, it wasn’t the end of all
things, it was just the beginning. Giving
when it’s hard is just an opportunity
to receive greater blessings. When a
plant is pruned, it can look barren. But
the pruning makes way for beautiful
increase. On a side note, this year
California’s Death Valley is experiencing
a super bloom. Talk about barrenness
turning to abundance, where literal
rock is covered by multitudes of
flowers, it’s really something to see!
Now, just a word about the waiting. We can despise
the time in between one season and the next, complain
and be miserable or embrace it. As I write, we are in
the season where it drops to low temperatures at night
and I wake up chilly in the morning. But if I turn the
heat on, by late afternoon the temperatures rise and
it becomes too hot. Rather than spend time switching
between heat and A/C and controlling my environment,
I’m dressing for the cooler nights and warmer

afternoons. Life is easier when we embrace the change
and not try so much to control it. You and I will find it’s
so worth the wait. For those who wait on the Lord find
new strength, they will soar high on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and
not faint. No matter how old you are, the invitation to
a new season awaits! Arise my love, winter is over,
flowers are in bloom and the season for singing is here!

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